Breaking the Code
P.154-155
Unit 10
6 • Scientific Innovations and Responsibility
WB p. 72
Breaking the Code
➜ How did communication lead the Allies to victory during WWII?
Retrouvez une banque d'audios et de vidéos authentiques en lien avec cette thématique.
Serious Game
The Enigma Machine Explained, World Science Festival, 2013.
Get ready!
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What different means of communication were used during World War II?
Why was communication important?
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Toolbox
Toolbox
- crucial / decisive (adj.)
- strategic (adj.)
- typewriter /ˈtaɪpraɪtə/ (n.)
- warplane (n.)
Let’s learn!
Vocabulary battle
Memorise the words from the vocabulary lists. Then, in pairs, pick one box and give as many words as possible.
Idiom of the week!
Stick to your guns
Idiom
The origin of this idiom was a command given to sailors operating gun turrets on military boats, to stay at their posts when the ship was under attack.
Nowadays, it means to remain firm in one’s beliefs, to stand up for one’s rights.
Science and War
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box 1
- code-breakers (n.)
- computer scientist (n.)
- cryptanalyst (n.)
- cryptographers /krɪpˈtɒgrəfəz/ (n.)
- genius /ˈʤɪːnɪəs/ (n.)
- mathematician /mæθəmətɪʃən/ (n.)
- researcher (n.)
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box 2
- morse code (exp.)
- secret service (exp.)
- caesar cypher /ˈsiːzə ˈsaɪfə/ (n.)
- code-name Ultra (n.)
- Enigma /ɪˈnɪgmə/ (n.)
- gibberish (n.)
- message (n.)
- telegraph (n.)
- wires /ˈwaɪəz/ / intelligence (n.)
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box 3
- break (a code) (v.)
- crack (v.)
- decipher /dɪˈsaɪfə/ (v.)
- decode /ˌdiːˈkəʊd/ (v.)
- decrypt (v.)
- encrypt (v.)
- intercept /ˈɪntəˈsɛpt/ (v.)
- invent (v.)
- make it / succeed (v.)
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box 4
- classified /'klæsɪfaɪd/ (adj.)
- feminist (adj.)
- hidden (adj.)
- innovative (adj.)
- smart (adj.)
- top secret (adj.)
- unbreakable (adj.)
- visionary /ˈvɪʒənərɪ/ (adj.)
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box 5
- Nazi /ˈnɑːtsɪ/ (adj. or n.)
- wage war /ˈwɛɪʤ ˈwɔː/ (exp.)
- World War II (exp.)
- defeat (n. or v.)
- enemy (n.)
- spies (n.)
- the Allies /ˈæˌlaɪz/ ≠ the Axis /ˈæksɪs/ (n.)
- attack (v.)
